A team of researchers at the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney have been motoring Japan’s first regional navigation satellite, ’Michibiki’. The satellite is the first of three that will provide Japan – and by proxy, Australia – with more accurate and reliable […]

  The move from in-car navigation devices towards software-based navigation systems on mobile phones and personal devices is happening faster than many realise, according to a recent survey by ABI Research. In 2009, almost 95 per cent of revenues came from established, hardware-based technologies such as factory-fitted navigation and unconnected personal navigation devices. Revenues from […]

  Efforts to protect consumers' privacy on the internet are likely to heavily impact companies that collect, use or distribute geo-location data, according to the Management Association for Professional Photogrammetric Surveyors. A number of initiatives in Washington, including a privacy protection bill, the "Best Practices Act of 2010," are looking to protect data about users, […]

Intermap Technologies CEO Todd Oseth   Intermap Technologies has received a USD 12.4m contract to provide 3D digital elevation models and orthorectified radar images as part of the US National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) program to update an unnamed client’s current 1:50,000-scale base map. Intermap will begin collecting the data in January 2011 via interferometric […]

  The All Points Blog discusses how location technologies can help firms put electric car charging stations in the right places. There is a new interactive map available of the cheapest holiday destinations around Australia, according to All Things Spatial. Geospatial World has an interesting post on Google Earth and national security. Google Maps Mania […]

    Spatial Source is taking a break for the festive period and will return with the New Year’s first newsletter on 11 January. We also have a new advertising manager starting in the new year. Troy Hale will be contactable on 02 8586 6128, email thale@intermedia.com.au. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  

  New Zealand’s disparate geospatial data systems are to be linked together in a spatial data infrastructure (SDI), following the approval of such a move by Cabinet on Monday. The infrastructure will link and pool disparate geospatial data held by academia, the private sector, as well as community groups and individuals. The SDI will be […]